I think any kid caught smoking should be given community service working with people suffering from lung cancer or going to nursing homes to spend time with elderly people who now have emphysema.
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My school did that bribing thing I got 50 bucks and I just went out and bought another carton of camels. Smoke 4 Life cause life is short so why not enjoy it and to all you little fucks who says tobacco is bad f u idk in other countries but tobacco was a main crop that made America..Smoke 4 Life Fear Is A Joke
If they want to smoke then let them. This should be a free country. You should not be aloud to tell people what they can eat, drink, take or smoke in this case.
You wouldnt say that if you were responsible for paying for ALL smoking related diseases, illnesses and death. They're not doing it JUST for the smoker (although saving people's LIVES should always be a priority), they;re doing it for the country.
@EricaCookies You can't stop people from starting smoking like you can't stop people doing drugs. The goverment have done everythink they can, people know what they are getting them selves into when they start smoking they don't need to research it, when on every single box says "Smoking Kills" "Smoking causes cancer" etc..
Also don't forget that they are taxed meaning money is going to the goverment for every purchase. It is just one of thous things that will never stop, so stop trying.
@MrDataCode So if your children decide to smoke [killing themselves] youd stand there idly and watch it happen? The government havent done everything, if smoking was illegal and not sold in shops, yes there would still be smokers..but not as many! Many teenagers don't actually like smoking but are influenced by their friends, they know the dangers yet they still do it, causing them to get addicted etc, but if it illegal however..those kids have an alleyway out. Giving up is never an option.
@EricaCookies Well if the child is at a age where he doesnt understand the effects of smoking then yes. However if he/she has a job and is paying for it them selves then let it be its their decision, live and let live. I don't understand why people enjoy being assoicated with Health nazis or pleasure nazis like yourself who has properly never understood an addiction of any kind and never will. Yet you feel the need to tell people what they can and can't do.
@MrDataCode Live and let live wouldnt be the case if your child dies you dont know if I've understood an addiction of any kind or not, how dare you judge me when you know nothing about me. Ive battled with a smoking addiction for 2 years, and I havent smoked for 1 year. I fully understand why people are addicted, yet i understand the importance of stopping before your life shatters. Im not a health nazi I just dont want more families to be shattered because noone stopped these people soon enough
@EricaCookies Families shattered? Please .. I can see a Crack cocaine addiction shattering a family but smoking cigarettes isnt a fast route to death you can't deny that, so as this kid who has started smoking begins to mature and gets to a age where he really understands what he wants in life he will be able to decide to quit smoking for good or just to carry on. Its all about learning what you want in life and if cigarettes are really taking a effect on your standard of living then ofc they wi
@EricaCookies Mabye it does mabye it doesnt? You know if someone wants to smoke then let them smoke its their life so stop trying to make a difference with your YouTube account and live how you want to live! Smoke FREE! Well done enjoy your long life.
Matthew Elliot seems to have no idea about underage smokers, there are a number of smokers at my school who are as young as 12 and they buy their cigarretes from older pupils and others outside the school who are legally aloud to buy cigarretes.
you can only stop that by haveing policemen patroling the streets of every village and town in the area which wouldnt stop it completely, as long as there are young people willing to smoke for whatever reason there will always be underage smokers
I spent the whole video looking at the symbol for 4 thinking its chinese and i know it goddamnit i studied mandarin for a year and i still dunno it, i suck.
i have managed to quit smoking with the help of cocaine , just 20 grams a day keeps my craving for a cigarette at bay , also the fact that after buying my cocaine leaves me totally skint means i can not afford any cigs anyway
not an opinion, or a solution, but i read a little bit of cigarette news not long ago in NewScientist No.2719 (issued august 1st 09), and that is that when people are asked to choose which brand of cigarettes they think is "healthiest" they invariably chose brands with light coloured packaging and had words like "smooth" or "silver" on them.
When in fact research shows that all brands of cigarettes (including ones claiming to be "low tar") are equally harmful.
when i smoked i brought the best cigs i could afford at the time and was about brand for my teens nobody touched the cheap nasty cigs ,,cos they was cheap they just tasted horrible im suprised today to see teenagers smoking brands that in my day i wouldnt have touched with a barge pole but with the price they pay for them obviously they think it must be worthy lol i personally would rather smoke a carpet heh i think all cigs should have the same price and be cheap wont appeal then
Personally i think they should stop offering treatment for problems caused directly by smoking. Raise taxes on cigerettes and all round just make smoking less appealing.
4 is unlucky, and is like the number 13 for western countries. This is because 4 is pronounced Si, which means death, and 8, meanwhile is the opposite and is a lucky number it is pronounced ba, which is close to fa which means fortune.
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to be perfectly honest, had this been around when I was a child, I would have taken up the filthy habbit just for the reward, you are 100% right Jezza.
Scientific studies have clearly shown that cash incentives are one of THE most effective ways to get people to do stuff. This includes helping drug addicts quit and stopping criminals re offending. So... basically... FUCK 'why we giving money to criminals/smokers/whatever' ... it's coz it works! no matter what your common sense says.
oh and cost of bribes is vastly less than cost of treating smokers for lung cancer on the NHS so taxpayers alliance can stfu too.
ps this is aimed at vid maker not all other idiots... not rly worth trying to convince this one :p
DON'T just take your info sources from newspapers and tv news stories.... it's all bullshit anyway. Not saying it's all lies... but so twisted by personal opinions and not actually caring about being accurate to facts. *hates comment character count* see next comment:
as an impressionable teenager myself i would have to say that this money reward system would fail epically as they would take the cash and just keep on smoking, well duh, i would!
I am so sick of the stereotype of the knife toting, baby popping, chain smoking adolescent hudlum that permeates the media...why is it being allowed to dictate policy and priorities to our government? A tiny fraction of Britains' health problems are down to underage smokers, many of these kids will see the error of their ways and give up anyway with only a little encouragement. So why offer a bribe that will get them to start smoking in the first place?? I agree that it is simply stupid.
It is a sad day when people will give up smoking for money but not because they are ruining their health and potentially ruining the lives of everyone they know.
-I definitely agree that the way for the kids to get educated about smoking would be to have a conversation/meeting with someone who has been for sometime now.
YES!! I eat eggs every other day at least!! YUMM!!!
Show them the inside of lungs and arteries of smokers... and livers of drinkers while they are at it... cirrhosis and cancer are seriously ugly... skin cancer likewise looks so awful that it's been fairly effective to show the real damage via scans to people who use tanning beds and the like.
What about the kids who aren't smoking? These kids hardly get recognition or rewarded for not doing things like smoking or drinking as minors yet it is those who are breaking the law that they want to reward for stopping? This is only going to get good kids to start smoking for a week so that they can get some pcoket money. It is showing kids that messing up and then realizing your mistake is more important than realizing that it is a mistake in the first place.
They should just make smoking socially unacceptable. Bribary, like you said, is a short-term fix.
You know, get normal citizens to think it's gross, and to have some effect on the smokers, not any government scheme that'll make Gordy look better. Let's face it, his face is looking rather flabby these days.
Jaz, also check out garydumbill on youtube, he does good political animations.
4 in chinese - and he wrote the chinese character for it above the number sounds like 'death' in chinese, which is also pronounced 'si'. So, basically it's meant to be very unlcuky.
On the other hand the number 8, in chinese in meant to be very lucky.
I mean I think it's OK for B&H to try it and see what happens but I really don't think it will work.
The kid thing is so weird if you think about it. I mean when I saw the picture of him in the papers I thought he was about 6 or 7 years old and thought he was raped. When I read what was going on though I was shocked. Sex education in school should start in early years so that everyone can be sure to know the consequences. That should be adapted to the age of course.
i recently stopped smoking.i smoked since i was 13 and i know now the only person that can make you stop is you.
what a load of shit.a short term fix thats not gunna make any difference in the long term.jesus i knew i lived in a knobish city but jesus this just goes to show..the other day at work, a girl that was obviously underage came in with her mum and asked for fags.i said no to which her mum replied "im a member of parliment are you accusing me of breaking the law?"...well yea?epic fail..
i dunno why its superstitious but i did spend three minutes wondering why 4 was on your shirt in chinese. i'm really glad that might have bothered me all day
I think that there is no real way to stop people smoking tbh. I think that the only way of possibly preventing people from starting is what you said about real education. But even then, it might not make a big impact. But i suppose without that, people can't make a propper decision.
I do think that shops must be much more careful about ID-ing obviously underage people though because I know of lots of shops that don't ID anyone (being just 16 and having friends who smoke).
I think just the fact that they're trying to enforce this in Brighton is enough a reason to say it won't work. You can get served underage very easily and if you don't you just go to the next shop.
Fifteen pounds is not much of an incentive, and how would they check? You would have to follow every kid around to make sure they didn't smoke, or just rely on their word. People lie. It wouldn't work.
in chinese the number 4 has a similar pronounciation to the word for death *sei* and the number 8 is lucky cause it sounds like luck *ba/bat* hope that explained it ^^
Not really sure why it is superstitious but Im guessing it has something to do with china as you have the Cantonese symbols next to the numbers .... isnt the number 8 good luck in china so Im guessing 4 is bad luck?
I'm not sure about the number 8 but I know the number 4 in Korea is a superstition. They don't have 4th floors in hotels because the number 4 in Korean is pronounced very similarly to the word death.
ANd the money for not smoking is ridiculous. Just apply this to other laws people are breaking. Are they going to give money for people who "stop" murdering, or driving drunk, or kid napping?
i just read the article about the 13 year old father and OMG SERIOUSILY??? the kid looks like he is 6!!! he has a CHILD he is a CHILD!!! i know this sounds harsh but i think it would be better in the long run to put the kid up for adoption! i think they paying the kids to stop smoking is ridicuiousily.
it will work, in some ways. i'm sure some people will stop smoking, but in the long run enforcing the law is a better idea. they honestly just shouldn't be allowed to buy cigarettes. no one should. not just young people.
but jazza, being a medical student, i'm quite sure having the kids meet the people who got sick because they smoke is a very bad idea - these people are obsessed about their cigs, they don't really regret smoking even if they only have a week to live. srzly.
yeah i think they will prob just buy more cancer sticks, u would need to give them a lot more money to get them to stop smoking. Like a proper bribe sum of money which just won't happen
i was offerd my dream car a lotus esprit if i gave up by my 17th , i was like..look dad its my life , my body nothanks heh ..so by 17 got my self a nice banger or ashtray on wheels :D after working around abit i feel less guilty cars and industral pollution is a major cause of strokes, heart attacks, lung cancer ,asma and anxiety attacks and effects thousands on a daily basis anyway the only thing that would have made me give up is if i didnt like it i started due to intrest not peer pressure
yep I think teaching them on what could happen to their lungs and their body in general would be the only thing that'd help! we had plenty of meetings with smokers at school and they told us about their experiences...it was awful...I really think that's the only way to keep kids form smoking...but sometimes it's just the background that doesn't really offer them a chance to avoid getting confronted with this issue...
If underage teenagers really want to get cigarettes, they'll find a way.
Even if as Matt Elliot says, 'the law is enforced properly', kids will find a way to get the cigarettes.
Most people that I know who are underage smokers get adults to buy them cigarettes, so enforcing the law 'properly' wouldn't make a real difference to their smoking habits.
Bribery is definately not the way to sort out this problem though.
I heard about the 13 year old father, I thought it was ridiculous.
In the part of the US where I live, there's an anti drug (includes smoking and alcohol) education program in the called D.A.R.E. It stands for Drug Awareness Resistance Education. The local Sheriff's Dept. partners with schools and they go into elementary/primary classrooms to talk about the dangers and effects. Starts when the kids are about age 6 up until about age 10/11. Cool thing.
im not sure about chinese, but the Kanji most noticable of your shirt 四 japanese for four (duh!) pronounce shi or yon and you probably dont care but in japanese "shi" can also mean death, not sure about eight (hachi 八）...
the chinese pronounciation of the no. 4 and 8 is very much similar to the chinese words meaning "death" and "making a fortune" respectively. Buildings in china often skip floors 4, 14, 24... (some skip 13 too for another superstition about pronounciation of the no. 10). Moreover, when chinese arrange/pick some objects, they are prefered in even numbers,and when they often claim their lucky number to be 8.
well hope this helps you understand a bit more of chinese culture. :)
I think the voucher thing is rather silly, as they will still have the money to buy cigs and they will have some voucher for free, just because they are pretending to care about what the smoking is doing to them.
oh and i would say they will probaly only catch the people who wanted to quit anyway and thats not too bad, rewarding them a bit... but anyone who doesnt want to quit, it wont be enough, and some people may pretend to smoke to get the reward...
so the end result is that no1 quits because of this who wouldnt have, and they piss away money. 0.o
I personally dont think that showing the kids the cancer ridden patients will make them stop. My boyfriends dad had cancer throughout his entire body and died when my boyfriend was 13, and that didnt make him stop. I think to be perfectly honest, we shouldnt have to make people stop, if people want to stop they should do it through their own sheer will, we should be concentrating on stopping people from starting
i have no idea why that's superstitious...I'm even mmore confused about why you have it written in japanese...is it something to do with 8 being lucky in Japan??? still confused about the 4...
this just shows how money rules the world. you can't get people stop smoking by telling them that it's bad for their health, but apparently you can by giving them money. that's sad
I think the smoking thing is useless, the only thing that can be done is to educate people and raise the responsibility sense in them towards their well being.
your suggestion is great also, but as I was once a teenager I never thought that bad things might happen to me they overestimate their capabilities !! so basically, every method will have adv. and disadv., but some would have more adv. than dis. and vice versa !
I think bribing kids will make them quit long enough to get the money then restart. I know lots of people who do more illegal things, but 'quit' them to get what they want. I think they should be shown (not in pictures, in person) what real smoker's lungs look like, and other such things.
although some kids do want to die early, which I think is stupid. "there are cooler ways to die"
Baby.. at 13.. that poor child. He'll never get to be a true teenager. Also I can't believe he had sex when he was 12. Makes me look like a prude ;-;
And my favourite superstition is the black cat one.. super cliché, yes, but for some reason I'm drawn to it! :D
I hope you had fun at your party.. I was planning to go out tonight but it looks like I'll just be getting drunk with my sister whilst making a salad. Win/lose? I can't tell. ;D
Leave the kids be, their the ones messing with their lives. Getting them to quit at all won't work, if they want to, they will. They'll need to learn the hard way once they get lung cancer at 30.
As for the 13 year old dad, it's worrying what society is turning into. Seriously, by the time his kid is 13 he'll be 26, and ironically 26 is the average age for people to become parents.
you know I just quit smoking a couple of weeks ago just after getting advise from a doctor...and after getting one of the bronchi obstructed....I'm only 22 and started that horrendous habit at the age of 16 while I was on high school.... I knew always about the side effects but think is not enough just watching educational movies....smokers should be able to see their own lungs so they can realise how dirty they are....
I don't like the bribing idea. Won't they just say they're going to quit and then use the money to buy more cigarettes? I hope they come up with some better ways to get kids to quit.
I doubt there is anything that anyone can do to stops teens from smoking. I was at a school dance the other day and they were even smoking there and the teachers didnt say anything. They are just so hooked and obessed with it they can stop to see how bad it is.
I think it's horrible and would never do that myself, but no matter what you tell them they will never listen....
Well paying kids at all for anything except work is stupid, I think thats how all this started in the first place.
btw it is EXTREMELY bad luck to be wearing a cotton t-shirt that has two numbers on it, with the one on the back double the one on the frount, I'm surprised if you live to see the end of that party. OJ
What can I say about the kid who had a kid? He's hasn't been properly educated and now he has to live with that mistake forever.
for all those brits out there, yes u too rwo, have u seen the natwest advert from about a year ago where it showed this auction in japan bidding for the number plate with the number 8 on it? The carried on to say that the number 8 brings prosperity...
They're told what will happen to their bodies but I doubt they take the warnings seriously. I think rhymingwithoranges' idea of getting people who have suffered the consequences to talk to them is a really good idea because it might help it hit home. Of course the parents play a significant part aswell, but it's ultimately up to the kids who could easily carry on smoking without their parents knowing about it.
its a good idea if they can enforce it but i dont think they can itll cost em much more than 15 quid per smoker coz they ll have to send some one round to make sure they aint lightin up and might have to use a blood or urin sample to make sure other wise ppl wii just say havent had a fag so money plzz and theyd get it young smokers tell ppl they dont smoke all the time its like their job
that 13 year old father needs his dick ripped off abd shoved down his throat he's a disgrace! and his idea of being a father is really vague! which annoys me! if social services were snart there'd take it away from them for the safety of the baby!
and also why would a 15 year old have sex with a 13 year old! SICK both were mingers and a disgrace to the younger generations!
Personally, I don't think it's going to work. First of all the kids smoking would actually need to want to quit, and most of them won't, because most smoke for social reasons anyways.
People also smoke for comfort, and it is the vice they choose to calm themselves down. No matter how many times you tell people, they don't see the bad effects happening in the present, so they don't care about the future problems. They are flirting with death and its exciting.
I think any kid caught smoking should be given community service working with people suffering from lung cancer or going to nursing homes to spend time with elderly people who now have emphysema.
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finallyquitsmoking 1 year ago
i quit smokeing yesterday:D
zammy1409 1 year ago
I'd get that money.
Then use it to buy a few more packs.
Go in front of their building.
And scream "Thank's for the money! I bought these!"
And take a long ass drag, And hold up my pack in the air!
If you got em', Smoke em.
gibsonlespaul2 1 year ago
Fuck Da PoPo smoke till you choke choke
SoldierK4 1 year ago
My school did that bribing thing I got 50 bucks and I just went out and bought another carton of camels. Smoke 4 Life cause life is short so why not enjoy it and to all you little fucks who says tobacco is bad f u idk in other countries but tobacco was a main crop that made America..Smoke 4 Life Fear Is A Joke
SoldierK4 1 year ago
Whrite a bok to pearents.
williammoller9 1 year ago
I would totally start just to quit and get money
Juliabeach 1 year ago
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AnnoyingTypoSyndrome 1 year ago
If they want to smoke then let them. This should be a free country. You should not be aloud to tell people what they can eat, drink, take or smoke in this case.
MrDataCode 1 year ago
@MrDataCode
You wouldnt say that if you were responsible for paying for ALL smoking related diseases, illnesses and death. They're not doing it JUST for the smoker (although saving people's LIVES should always be a priority), they;re doing it for the country.
EricaCookies 1 year ago
@EricaCookies You can't stop people from starting smoking like you can't stop people doing drugs. The goverment have done everythink they can, people know what they are getting them selves into when they start smoking they don't need to research it, when on every single box says "Smoking Kills" "Smoking causes cancer" etc..
Also don't forget that they are taxed meaning money is going to the goverment for every purchase. It is just one of thous things that will never stop, so stop trying.
MrDataCode 1 year ago
@MrDataCode So if your children decide to smoke [killing themselves] youd stand there idly and watch it happen? The government havent done everything, if smoking was illegal and not sold in shops, yes there would still be smokers..but not as many! Many teenagers don't actually like smoking but are influenced by their friends, they know the dangers yet they still do it, causing them to get addicted etc, but if it illegal however..those kids have an alleyway out. Giving up is never an option.
EricaCookies 1 year ago
@EricaCookies Well if the child is at a age where he doesnt understand the effects of smoking then yes. However if he/she has a job and is paying for it them selves then let it be its their decision, live and let live. I don't understand why people enjoy being assoicated with Health nazis or pleasure nazis like yourself who has properly never understood an addiction of any kind and never will. Yet you feel the need to tell people what they can and can't do.
MrDataCode 1 year ago
@MrDataCode Live and let live wouldnt be the case if your child dies you dont know if I've understood an addiction of any kind or not, how dare you judge me when you know nothing about me. Ive battled with a smoking addiction for 2 years, and I havent smoked for 1 year. I fully understand why people are addicted, yet i understand the importance of stopping before your life shatters. Im not a health nazi I just dont want more families to be shattered because noone stopped these people soon enough
EricaCookies 1 year ago
@EricaCookies Families shattered? Please .. I can see a Crack cocaine addiction shattering a family but smoking cigarettes isnt a fast route to death you can't deny that, so as this kid who has started smoking begins to mature and gets to a age where he really understands what he wants in life he will be able to decide to quit smoking for good or just to carry on. Its all about learning what you want in life and if cigarettes are really taking a effect on your standard of living then ofc they wi
MrDataCode 1 year ago
@MrDataCode Quitting smoking isnt that easy imo. So you think people dying [not from old ages] will not affect the family AT ALL?
EricaCookies 1 year ago
@EricaCookies Mabye it does mabye it doesnt? You know if someone wants to smoke then let them smoke its their life so stop trying to make a difference with your YouTube account and live how you want to live! Smoke FREE! Well done enjoy your long life.
MrDataCode 1 year ago
@MrDataCode ok, i'll just let people die when theres something i can do about it, not just with the internet. ok, ill let countless lives be wasted.
EricaCookies 1 year ago
dude calm down an have a cig
TheJOHB 1 year ago
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tryanjohnson 2 years ago
you will never stop me. mwahahahahaha.
moleymole100 2 years ago
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gazzablackman 2 years ago
Matthew Elliot seems to have no idea about underage smokers, there are a number of smokers at my school who are as young as 12 and they buy their cigarretes from older pupils and others outside the school who are legally aloud to buy cigarretes.
you can only stop that by haveing policemen patroling the streets of every village and town in the area which wouldnt stop it completely, as long as there are young people willing to smoke for whatever reason there will always be underage smokers
SeanathenII 2 years ago
wtf?bribing kids???
SnickersInTheBarn 2 years ago
dude just smoke a fucking blunt and chill out
driftingKID90s13 2 years ago
iiiittttsssssss BIG NOSE LITHPING FWEAK AGAIN
mbmjson 2 years ago
In china:
4 is the word for death
8 is really lucky
I spent the whole video looking at the symbol for 4 thinking its chinese and i know it goddamnit i studied mandarin for a year and i still dunno it, i suck.
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samsam2021 2 years ago
i have managed to quit smoking with the help of cocaine , just 20 grams a day keeps my craving for a cigarette at bay , also the fact that after buying my cocaine leaves me totally skint means i can not afford any cigs anyway
bunnyspangles 2 years ago
not an opinion, or a solution, but i read a little bit of cigarette news not long ago in NewScientist No.2719 (issued august 1st 09), and that is that when people are asked to choose which brand of cigarettes they think is "healthiest" they invariably chose brands with light coloured packaging and had words like "smooth" or "silver" on them.
When in fact research shows that all brands of cigarettes (including ones claiming to be "low tar") are equally harmful.
Leolmlr 2 years ago
dunno about 8 but the chinese word for 4 sounds like the same word for death
greenNINJAspam 2 years ago
let the little bastards smoke
TimeForAPsycoHoliday 2 years ago
when i smoked i brought the best cigs i could afford at the time and was about brand for my teens nobody touched the cheap nasty cigs ,,cos they was cheap they just tasted horrible im suprised today to see teenagers smoking brands that in my day i wouldnt have touched with a barge pole but with the price they pay for them obviously they think it must be worthy lol i personally would rather smoke a carpet heh i think all cigs should have the same price and be cheap wont appeal then
user7671 2 years ago
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Ha fuck you(:
People who smoke are awesome(:
reesegreen2014 2 years ago
really?
wow
i disagree and im guessing my dads friend who has terminal lung cancer would disagree too,
what u do to your own body is completely up to you but im failing to see how it makes you "awesome"
fyi i smoke too but im not proud of it, smoking is a weakness lol
so im failing to see how having an addiction makes you awesome
...idiotic....fail....
declanser 2 years ago
I agree with you 100%
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how much bribing would it take to get you to stop making your pathetic annoying videos, you are one f-cking arsehole
gregthegooner 2 years ago
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i would love to stubb my cigarette out in this pricks eyeballs ,what a irritating dickhead
gregthegooner 2 years ago
/fail
TheTomatoberry 2 years ago
i finally quit smoking after about 2 years.
my father called me a quitter :[
mustachesanchez 2 years ago 12
smoking is bad.
millystack 2 years ago
@mustachesanchez lol then your father QQd xD
joshua555555555 1 year ago
your a fool
grenadierguard3 2 years ago
I say let them eat cake!
ArmyTank00 2 years ago
Well thats stupid because whats to keep the kids from smoking again after they get their money?
911Bella911 2 years ago
Personally i think they should stop offering treatment for problems caused directly by smoking. Raise taxes on cigerettes and all round just make smoking less appealing.
Jimm607 2 years ago
I agree with you completely!
Veritas12Truth 2 years ago
umm, in most asian cultures,
4 is unlucky, and is like the number 13 for western countries. This is because 4 is pronounced Si, which means death, and 8, meanwhile is the opposite and is a lucky number it is pronounced ba, which is close to fa which means fortune.
detailsinthefabric 2 years ago
i believe if we use capital punishment for underage smokers or those who enable the habit it would work to eliminate the problem.
MarlosCanuel 2 years ago
Isn't the number four bad luck in China, whereas the number eight is good? I think that's it.
ShadeXH 2 years ago
*insentive :D
3L0K1N 2 years ago
Great video!
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dapenthousepimp 2 years ago
I know that the number 8 is supposed to bring prosperity in China.. 7 brings Death XD i think...
thealbinolion 3 years ago
lol if anything this would make non smokers to start so they could get rewarded
AdamTheEskimo 3 years ago
to be perfectly honest, had this been around when I was a child, I would have taken up the filthy habbit just for the reward, you are 100% right Jezza.
EdboxLive 3 years ago
Scientific studies have clearly shown that cash incentives are one of THE most effective ways to get people to do stuff. This includes helping drug addicts quit and stopping criminals re offending. So... basically... FUCK 'why we giving money to criminals/smokers/whatever' ... it's coz it works! no matter what your common sense says.
oh and cost of bribes is vastly less than cost of treating smokers for lung cancer on the NHS so taxpayers alliance can stfu too.
BobTheElder 3 years ago
*sigh*
ps this is aimed at vid maker not all other idiots... not rly worth trying to convince this one :p
DON'T just take your info sources from newspapers and tv news stories.... it's all bullshit anyway. Not saying it's all lies... but so twisted by personal opinions and not actually caring about being accurate to facts. *hates comment character count* see next comment:
BobTheElder 3 years ago
kids smoke dats how it works if der body fuks up then its der problem...same wit me...
griptaper 3 years ago
Learn to spell.
MuvaBitch 2 years ago
shutup.
millystack 2 years ago
Put spaces inbetween your words dear.
Idiot.
MuvaBitch 2 years ago
That's one word.
millystack 2 years ago
No it's not you illiterate fool!
MuvaBitch 2 years ago
im sure you do a birmingham accent at one point
iHero1 3 years ago
as an impressionable teenager myself i would have to say that this money reward system would fail epically as they would take the cash and just keep on smoking, well duh, i would!
hollydolly06 3 years ago
wouldnt you just swap the vouchers for money, and then spend the money on cigarettes.
plus, its not rewarding kids who dont smoke in the first place
ShutupChar 3 years ago
Silly idea...the money incentive is about as helpful and effective as the YouTube Community Help Forums.
JankinO 3 years ago
Terrible idea. I've never smoked- where's my reward? Apart from healthy lungs, of course.
NippleShortbread 3 years ago
omgsh, that 13 year old dad look about 6 to me!!! gosh if you look at him next to his "girlfirend" its unbelievable. what has this society come to?
he should think that girls have diseases and not go any where near them. wow, im gobsmacked.
how could that girl sleep with a 13 year old guy?! he looks young enough to be hers!!! im just humendusly disturbed tbh.
XxCathy1308xX 3 years ago
I am so sick of the stereotype of the knife toting, baby popping, chain smoking adolescent hudlum that permeates the media...why is it being allowed to dictate policy and priorities to our government? A tiny fraction of Britains' health problems are down to underage smokers, many of these kids will see the error of their ways and give up anyway with only a little encouragement. So why offer a bribe that will get them to start smoking in the first place?? I agree that it is simply stupid.
OrgasmandTea 3 years ago
i agree with the dude with the weird accent :)
they shouldn't be able to get hold of them.
bribing them is just ridiculus tbh. : /
free range eggs of course :D
XxCathy1308xX 3 years ago
It is a sad day when people will give up smoking for money but not because they are ruining their health and potentially ruining the lives of everyone they know.
helenzebcharles 3 years ago
is it supposed to be Scottish??
-I definitely agree that the way for the kids to get educated about smoking would be to have a conversation/meeting with someone who has been for sometime now.
YES!! I eat eggs every other day at least!! YUMM!!!
cdgurli 3 years ago
Show them the inside of lungs and arteries of smokers... and livers of drinkers while they are at it... cirrhosis and cancer are seriously ugly... skin cancer likewise looks so awful that it's been fairly effective to show the real damage via scans to people who use tanning beds and the like.
122172639 3 years ago
What about the kids who aren't smoking? These kids hardly get recognition or rewarded for not doing things like smoking or drinking as minors yet it is those who are breaking the law that they want to reward for stopping? This is only going to get good kids to start smoking for a week so that they can get some pcoket money. It is showing kids that messing up and then realizing your mistake is more important than realizing that it is a mistake in the first place.
CallidoraLBlack 3 years ago
no, they're givin them more money to buy more cigarettes. raise the age, teache them
madizonia 3 years ago
They should just make smoking socially unacceptable. Bribary, like you said, is a short-term fix.
You know, get normal citizens to think it's gross, and to have some effect on the smokers, not any government scheme that'll make Gordy look better. Let's face it, his face is looking rather flabby these days.
Jaz, also check out garydumbill on youtube, he does good political animations.
O&O
hollium 3 years ago
Such good news about the eggs eh?!?! I myself am an eggthusiast :D
schwasareeh 3 years ago
I think that it's really stupid to bribe the kids to smoke. They could easily just use the money to buy more cigarettes.
samfitz9 3 years ago
If they are bribing them to stop.
what's stopping them from starting again and then get another bribe?
MyChemicalCarly 3 years ago
haha, they should have to give the money back if they start again.
loser078 3 years ago
4 in chinese - and he wrote the chinese character for it above the number sounds like 'death' in chinese, which is also pronounced 'si'. So, basically it's meant to be very unlcuky.
On the other hand the number 8, in chinese in meant to be very lucky.
80462856 3 years ago 4
they r gonna lose money
kids are still gonna carry on
cardboardplanes 3 years ago
that guy was true!
if the law WAS properly enforced
we wouldnt be having this problem yea?
SameLameAim 3 years ago
Well no, because they can get people who are of age to buy the fags for them.
hollium 3 years ago
I love your accents they made me chuckle!
TwittyTelly 3 years ago
lol all's well.
TheTokioHotelFan 3 years ago
ong no1 has said about the 4/8 thing and im reli currious plz sum1 tell me
SmileysAreMagical 3 years ago
I'm with you on this one..
I mean I think it's OK for B&H to try it and see what happens but I really don't think it will work.
The kid thing is so weird if you think about it. I mean when I saw the picture of him in the papers I thought he was about 6 or 7 years old and thought he was raped. When I read what was going on though I was shocked. Sex education in school should start in early years so that everyone can be sure to know the consequences. That should be adapted to the age of course.
NurinaBbz 3 years ago
ur soo right mate
mizkazmusic 3 years ago
A local teenage health group has set up a voucher sceme with regards to STIs.
a £5 voucher to have a chlamydia test.
hairsprayjunkyYT 3 years ago
.....sorry for not finishing the story... had to keep to the comment limit..argg. oh well..
emilymaezing 3 years ago
i recently stopped smoking.i smoked since i was 13 and i know now the only person that can make you stop is you.
what a load of shit.a short term fix thats not gunna make any difference in the long term.jesus i knew i lived in a knobish city but jesus this just goes to show..the other day at work, a girl that was obviously underage came in with her mum and asked for fags.i said no to which her mum replied "im a member of parliment are you accusing me of breaking the law?"...well yea?epic fail..
emilymaezing 3 years ago
I hate smoking more than [place ultimate hatable thing here], but this bribery idea is the epitome of ineffectual stupidity.
weskos 3 years ago
i dunno why its superstitious but i did spend three minutes wondering why 4 was on your shirt in chinese. i'm really glad that might have bothered me all day
money for not smoking = fail
lysmeanslily 3 years ago
I think that there is no real way to stop people smoking tbh. I think that the only way of possibly preventing people from starting is what you said about real education. But even then, it might not make a big impact. But i suppose without that, people can't make a propper decision.
I do think that shops must be much more careful about ID-ing obviously underage people though because I know of lots of shops that don't ID anyone (being just 16 and having friends who smoke).
chrisgibson93 3 years ago
I think just the fact that they're trying to enforce this in Brighton is enough a reason to say it won't work. You can get served underage very easily and if you don't you just go to the next shop.
Fifteen pounds is not much of an incentive, and how would they check? You would have to follow every kid around to make sure they didn't smoke, or just rely on their word. People lie. It wouldn't work.
purplecandybuttercup 3 years ago
the simple answer do what the doc did to me....
show me what my lung would look like in 20 years, put the fear of god in me lol.
hazeldine016 3 years ago
Go for presedent rhymingwithoranges!!!
All Your veiws are very gooodd and you also look at others views!
I'll Vote for you.! XD
d1zzydog 3 years ago
in chinese the number 4 has a similar pronounciation to the word for death *sei* and the number 8 is lucky cause it sounds like luck *ba/bat* hope that explained it ^^
PockyPacket 3 years ago
Not really sure why it is superstitious but Im guessing it has something to do with china as you have the Cantonese symbols next to the numbers .... isnt the number 8 good luck in china so Im guessing 4 is bad luck?
pistachioonut 3 years ago
stupid idea... i think they should keep being stupid so we get good jazza videos :)
CaptainWilhelm 3 years ago
I'm not sure about the number 8 but I know the number 4 in Korea is a superstition. They don't have 4th floors in hotels because the number 4 in Korean is pronounced very similarly to the word death.
ANd the money for not smoking is ridiculous. Just apply this to other laws people are breaking. Are they going to give money for people who "stop" murdering, or driving drunk, or kid napping?
willeymp 3 years ago
i reckon they shud raise the age you can buy cigarettes :-)
bittersweetness321 3 years ago
i just read the article about the 13 year old father and OMG SERIOUSILY??? the kid looks like he is 6!!! he has a CHILD he is a CHILD!!! i know this sounds harsh but i think it would be better in the long run to put the kid up for adoption! i think they paying the kids to stop smoking is ridicuiousily.
toastburntbread 3 years ago
love your videos, great one!
rockinginthe80s 3 years ago
it will work, in some ways. i'm sure some people will stop smoking, but in the long run enforcing the law is a better idea. they honestly just shouldn't be allowed to buy cigarettes. no one should. not just young people.
abstractskyline 3 years ago
I think it's a very bad idea for the reasons you outline and it supports my view that certain ministers are suffering from early symptoms of BSE
Marcomanseckisax 3 years ago
but jazza, being a medical student, i'm quite sure having the kids meet the people who got sick because they smoke is a very bad idea - these people are obsessed about their cigs, they don't really regret smoking even if they only have a week to live. srzly.
Veelalala 3 years ago
yeah i think they will prob just buy more cancer sticks, u would need to give them a lot more money to get them to stop smoking. Like a proper bribe sum of money which just won't happen
KindaQuietGeekyGuy 3 years ago
The kids will probaly use the money to buy more cigarettes so it's kinda of a stupid bribe
omgharryz 3 years ago
that's kinda stupid ... idea ... to give money 4 not smoking.
kevinisnotsocoollike 3 years ago
i was offerd my dream car a lotus esprit if i gave up by my 17th , i was like..look dad its my life , my body nothanks heh ..so by 17 got my self a nice banger or ashtray on wheels :D after working around abit i feel less guilty cars and industral pollution is a major cause of strokes, heart attacks, lung cancer ,asma and anxiety attacks and effects thousands on a daily basis anyway the only thing that would have made me give up is if i didnt like it i started due to intrest not peer pressure
mrxtriangle 3 years ago
yep I think teaching them on what could happen to their lungs and their body in general would be the only thing that'd help! we had plenty of meetings with smokers at school and they told us about their experiences...it was awful...I really think that's the only way to keep kids form smoking...but sometimes it's just the background that doesn't really offer them a chance to avoid getting confronted with this issue...
<3
-Jasmin
BIGTomWellingFan 3 years ago
If underage teenagers really want to get cigarettes, they'll find a way.
Even if as Matt Elliot says, 'the law is enforced properly', kids will find a way to get the cigarettes.
Most people that I know who are underage smokers get adults to buy them cigarettes, so enforcing the law 'properly' wouldn't make a real difference to their smoking habits.
Bribery is definately not the way to sort out this problem though.
I heard about the 13 year old father, I thought it was ridiculous.
xx
HalfBloodGeorgie 3 years ago
In the part of the US where I live, there's an anti drug (includes smoking and alcohol) education program in the called D.A.R.E. It stands for Drug Awareness Resistance Education. The local Sheriff's Dept. partners with schools and they go into elementary/primary classrooms to talk about the dangers and effects. Starts when the kids are about age 6 up until about age 10/11. Cool thing.
Youmakemyheartglad 3 years ago
im not sure about chinese, but the Kanji most noticable of your shirt 四 japanese for four (duh!) pronounce shi or yon and you probably dont care but in japanese "shi" can also mean death, not sure about eight (hachi 八）...
ravenclawconfused14 3 years ago
the chinese pronounciation of the no. 4 and 8 is very much similar to the chinese words meaning "death" and "making a fortune" respectively. Buildings in china often skip floors 4, 14, 24... (some skip 13 too for another superstition about pronounciation of the no. 10). Moreover, when chinese arrange/pick some objects, they are prefered in even numbers,and when they often claim their lucky number to be 8.
well hope this helps you understand a bit more of chinese culture. :)
4snowlover 3 years ago 2
I think the voucher thing is rather silly, as they will still have the money to buy cigs and they will have some voucher for free, just because they are pretending to care about what the smoking is doing to them.
cazxpenguin 3 years ago
i thought i knew what it was till i saw the 8
4... shi, the wind of death
the reason you say yon instead...
anything like that??
oh and i would say they will probaly only catch the people who wanted to quit anyway and thats not too bad, rewarding them a bit... but anyone who doesnt want to quit, it wont be enough, and some people may pretend to smoke to get the reward...
so the end result is that no1 quits because of this who wouldnt have, and they piss away money. 0.o
2Odegrees 3 years ago
YAY EGGS!
- Jenita xxx
P.S. Does this mean you're going to go to another Friday the 13th in March??
Hmmm... interesting.
xtiffingirlx 3 years ago
That is just like rewarding them for having smoked. Why not reward the ones who dont to show that it is better ...
bobinxoxo 3 years ago
Put them in jail the dirty fuckers.
BritishRider 3 years ago 2
I personally dont think that showing the kids the cancer ridden patients will make them stop. My boyfriends dad had cancer throughout his entire body and died when my boyfriend was 13, and that didnt make him stop. I think to be perfectly honest, we shouldnt have to make people stop, if people want to stop they should do it through their own sheer will, we should be concentrating on stopping people from starting
banishedfay 3 years ago
Seems to me... that it is rather silly...
JoelJoel321 3 years ago
OH is 4 an unlucky number in Japan??!!
lon21 3 years ago
i have no idea why that's superstitious...I'm even mmore confused about why you have it written in japanese...is it something to do with 8 being lucky in Japan??? still confused about the 4...
lon21 3 years ago
that's actually chinese :)
4snowlover 3 years ago
this just shows how money rules the world. you can't get people stop smoking by telling them that it's bad for their health, but apparently you can by giving them money. that's sad
claudiacantwhistle 3 years ago
It's kinda like the abstince programs that have been statistically proven not to work.
RaciallyConfused09 3 years ago
about the boy God this is weird God !!!!
soooo strange!!
genuinepearl2008 3 years ago
I think the smoking thing is useless, the only thing that can be done is to educate people and raise the responsibility sense in them towards their well being.
your suggestion is great also, but as I was once a teenager I never thought that bad things might happen to me they overestimate their capabilities !! so basically, every method will have adv. and disadv., but some would have more adv. than dis. and vice versa !
genuinepearl2008 3 years ago
This is what you get from Liberal minded socialist commie hippy lefties.
VOTE BNP for a return to common sense.
bnprenaissance 3 years ago
I know a guy who is about 19. His mom has offered him 1,000 US dollars to quit. He is still smoking. So... good luck UK!
You'll need it.
boddah92108 3 years ago
I think bribing kids will make them quit long enough to get the money then restart. I know lots of people who do more illegal things, but 'quit' them to get what they want. I think they should be shown (not in pictures, in person) what real smoker's lungs look like, and other such things.
although some kids do want to die early, which I think is stupid. "there are cooler ways to die"
luckysin713 3 years ago
O_O
Baby.. at 13.. that poor child. He'll never get to be a true teenager. Also I can't believe he had sex when he was 12. Makes me look like a prude ;-;
And my favourite superstition is the black cat one.. super cliché, yes, but for some reason I'm drawn to it! :D
I hope you had fun at your party.. I was planning to go out tonight but it looks like I'll just be getting drunk with my sister whilst making a salad. Win/lose? I can't tell. ;D
LosexMex 3 years ago
Ew, I didn't know I was signed on to my sister's account. Fail.
Oh well, it's all fixed now.
xxRebella 3 years ago
ummm i dont think this would work. and thats crazy!
MeganIsGrrrawrseome 3 years ago
I think you should go into politics and become the Minister of Silly Voices.
coollikeyodais 3 years ago 2
lol
Devotchka24 3 years ago
something about Chinese i believe? i remember watching it in a Numbers episode a couple weeks back.
gerardway32 3 years ago
Leave the kids be, their the ones messing with their lives. Getting them to quit at all won't work, if they want to, they will. They'll need to learn the hard way once they get lung cancer at 30.
As for the 13 year old dad, it's worrying what society is turning into. Seriously, by the time his kid is 13 he'll be 26, and ironically 26 is the average age for people to become parents.
Saaduk92 3 years ago
you know I just quit smoking a couple of weeks ago just after getting advise from a doctor...and after getting one of the bronchi obstructed....I'm only 22 and started that horrendous habit at the age of 16 while I was on high school.... I knew always about the side effects but think is not enough just watching educational movies....smokers should be able to see their own lungs so they can realise how dirty they are....
fremmedgorelse 3 years ago
ironically my brother says that taxes form cigarettes alone supplies the money to support teh NHS
Amor161 3 years ago
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xjluongx 3 years ago
The number 4 in Chinese means death and it is often known to be a bad luck number.
I also heard that it's considered lucky in some Chinese dialects, but I'm assuming that's a pretty small amount.
Number 8 is considered the most fortuitous of numbers, it sounds similar to another word that signifies "prosperity".
xjluongx 3 years ago
I don't like the bribing idea. Won't they just say they're going to quit and then use the money to buy more cigarettes? I hope they come up with some better ways to get kids to quit.
honeydukes623 3 years ago
i have no idea how to stop them but this one sucks or they could maybe meet a person with copd
weasleyrokchick75 3 years ago
everything before 3:15 was pretty awesome, but after 3:15 was most definately the best part X)
and i have no idea about the t-shirt, gutted.
marshmallow163 3 years ago
I doubt there is anything that anyone can do to stops teens from smoking. I was at a school dance the other day and they were even smoking there and the teachers didnt say anything. They are just so hooked and obessed with it they can stop to see how bad it is.
I think it's horrible and would never do that myself, but no matter what you tell them they will never listen....
OhmyOrangeJuice 3 years ago
Another 5 star video from Jazza!
Well paying kids at all for anything except work is stupid, I think thats how all this started in the first place.
btw it is EXTREMELY bad luck to be wearing a cotton t-shirt that has two numbers on it, with the one on the back double the one on the frount, I'm surprised if you live to see the end of that party. OJ
What can I say about the kid who had a kid? He's hasn't been properly educated and now he has to live with that mistake forever.
SuperSlySamuraiSpy 3 years ago
that 13 year old father thing is really bad
i watched this interview he did
he doesnt even no what financial is
its really bad x
faireedust666 3 years ago
for all those brits out there, yes u too rwo, have u seen the natwest advert from about a year ago where it showed this auction in japan bidding for the number plate with the number 8 on it? The carried on to say that the number 8 brings prosperity...
...Coincidence, I think not....
Hirohamster 3 years ago
The bribing ideas stupid. The parents of the underage smokers should take the most responseabiltily. Kids already know what happens to their bodys
EvilEcho05 3 years ago
They're told what will happen to their bodies but I doubt they take the warnings seriously. I think rhymingwithoranges' idea of getting people who have suffered the consequences to talk to them is a really good idea because it might help it hit home. Of course the parents play a significant part aswell, but it's ultimately up to the kids who could easily carry on smoking without their parents knowing about it.
mooxim 3 years ago
you've heard of dancers using 'jazz Hands' now we have a new creation... 'Jazza hands' though I dunno what they signify...
edgyguy1426 3 years ago
I love that you're wearing your costume! Good luck! Bad luck! Good luck! Bad luck!
jillog 3 years ago
happy valentines to you too. :)
TheTokioHotelFan 3 years ago
i dont think it will work lol.
13 year old father? theres actually a Japanese tv drama about a 14 year old mother. (the other way round ;p)
四八sounds like zeeeeebra!? lol, not really, no idea... XD
c0capop 3 years ago
:O are they chinese characters on your t shirt???!!!!
Does one of them say 4, i could totally be guessing, I'm pretty sure it's a number though...
iliketoshake 3 years ago
lol, my mate john said if he'd take up smoking just to get the money - and he's 18 already!
and that 13 year old father sitch is dead sick :(
CassG08 3 years ago
its a good idea if they can enforce it but i dont think they can itll cost em much more than 15 quid per smoker coz they ll have to send some one round to make sure they aint lightin up and might have to use a blood or urin sample to make sure other wise ppl wii just say havent had a fag so money plzz and theyd get it young smokers tell ppl they dont smoke all the time its like their job
02scopse 3 years ago
that 13 year old father needs his dick ripped off abd shoved down his throat he's a disgrace! and his idea of being a father is really vague! which annoys me! if social services were snart there'd take it away from them for the safety of the baby!
and also why would a 15 year old have sex with a 13 year old! SICK both were mingers and a disgrace to the younger generations!
wolfy1991 3 years ago
i can't see this working.. horrible idea to try to bribe kids to stop smoking. nice vid, jazza
intherain93 3 years ago
oh haha i lied... its only a 4
i didnt watch until the end
si is the word for 4 and for death
reallystupid78 3 years ago
haha
you shall learn young padowan, always watch the whole video
<3
rhymingwithoranges 3 years ago
why do you have mouth and 4 on your shirt? is there some hidden meaning that im not good enough at chinese to figure out?
reallystupid78 3 years ago
Personally, I don't think it's going to work. First of all the kids smoking would actually need to want to quit, and most of them won't, because most smoke for social reasons anyways.
People also smoke for comfort, and it is the vice they choose to calm themselves down. No matter how many times you tell people, they don't see the bad effects happening in the present, so they don't care about the future problems. They are flirting with death and its exciting.
I think your idea may work?
mrjohnnylipps 3 years ago
I like your take on this, kinda poetic but it makes very good sense.
thanks
:)
rhymingwithoranges 3 years ago